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Reinstalling Software
CAUTION
Do not delete the recovery partition on the hard disk.
The disk space in the partition is not available to store data.
Hard Disk Recovery
Preparation
Remove all peripherals.
Connect the AC adaptor and do not remove it until reinstallation is complete.
1
Turn on the computer, and press
F2
or
Del
while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
The Setup Utility starts up.
• If the [Panasonic] boot screen is not displayed, turn on the computer while holding down
F2
or
Del
.
• If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
2
Write down all of the contents of the Setup Utility and press
F9
.
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press
Enter
.
3
Press
F10
.
At the confirmation message, select [Yes] and press
Enter
.
The computer will restart.
4
Press
F2
or
Del
while [Panasonic] boot screen is displayed.
The Setup Utility starts up.
• If the [Panasonic] boot screen is not displayed, turn on the computer while holding down
F2
or
Del
.
• If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
5
Select the [Exit] menu, then select [Recovery Partition] and press
Enter
.
6
Click [Reinstall Windows] and click [Next].
The License Agreement screen appears.
7
Click [Yes, I agree to the provisions above and wish to continue!] and click [Next].
8
Select the settings and click [Next].
• [Reinstall Windows to the whole Hard Disk to factory default.]
Select this option when you want to reinstall Windows to the factory default. After reinstallation, you can create
a new partition. For how to create a new partition, refer to “To change the partition structure” (
page 44)
• [Reinstall to the System and OS partitions.]
*1
Select this option when the hard disk has already been divided into several partitions. For how to create a new
partition, refer to “To change the partition structure” (
page 44).
You can keep the partition structure.
*1
This does not appear if Windows cannot be reinstalled to the partition containing boot files and the area usable by Windows.
9
At the confirmation massage, click [YES].
10
Select language and OS (32bit or 64bit), then click [OK].
11
At the confirmation message, click [OK].
Reinstallation starts according to the instructions on the screen.
• Do not interrupt reinstallation, for example by turning off the computer. Otherwise reinstallation may become
unavailable as Windows may not start up or the data may be corrupted.
12
When terminal screen is displayed, click [OK].
13
Turn on the computer.
• If the password is requested, enter the Supervisor Password.
14
Perform the “First-time Operation” (
page 43).
15
Start the Setup Utility and change the settings as necessary.
16
Perform Windows Update.
Reinstalling software will return the computer to the default condition. When you reinstall the software, the hard disk
data will be erased.
Back up important data to other media or an external hard disk before reinstallation.
Area usable by Windows
Hard disk
HDD Recovery partition
Recovery partition
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